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Michael John Cook

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AC1 Michael John Cook plaque Taupo cemetery

AC1 Michael John Cook plaque

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Michael John AWMM
  • Surname
    Cook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ4312002 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 November 1924 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beverley; father of Louise, Stephen, Jenny

    Service held in Taupo

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 February 2013 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Taupo Public Cemetery, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM 2nd RSA : Cremation Berm; Plot 217 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 23 February 2013 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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30 July 2021JohnPerth WAResearcher

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